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“Darren can’t do that, Tracey can’t do that, and in ten years' time I’m still going to be sat here, grieving. For the Christmas before it was me, Darren and Tracy having a laugh and a party. We just had fun, but now it’s all gone.”

Michelle described Darren as "full of life'

Mr Lowe, 43, and Miss Haley, from Bagillt in Flintshire , were driving on the A543 near Pentrefoelas in the Conwy Valley on February 27 last year when their car was struck by Goldstraw’s.

He also suffered serious injuries in the accident, on a stretch of road known as the ‘Evo Triangle’.

Mrs Naden said: “The day of the crash, I was was in absolute shock and disbelief.

Tracy Haley was killed in the crash along with Darren Lowe

“I was in a mess. I didn’t know what to do with myself. To think that somebody has caused all of this is just heartbreaking.

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“We rushed to Stoke Hospital where we found Darren in an absolute mess. It was just a case of staying with him by his bedside for four and half weeks until he couldn’t fight anymore.

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“After about a week when he came out of the coma it was clear his brain was completely switched off, there was no movement, it was only his eyes that would move.

“If he had survived I would have had to have looked after him for the rest of his life, he wouldn’t have been able to do anything for himself.

The scene of the crash on the A543 (Image: Ben Furnival)

“About a year before the crash we lost our mum, June, to cancer so we were already going through a rough time.”

She described 43-year-old Darren as “the life and soul of the party”, adding: “They both were full of life, an absolutely lovely couple.

“We used to go on holiday together and go socialising together. We just had a good time together and a good life and I’ll never have that again.”

Asked if she had anything to say to Goldstraw, who pleaded guilty to two counts of death by dangerous driving at Mold crown court last week, Mrs Naden said: “I’d have nothing to say to him, I just have too much anger towards the lad.”